[PATCH v4 2/7] powerpc/32s: Fix bad_kuap_fault()

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Tue Feb 4 23:03:17 AEDT 2020


On Fri, 2020-01-24 at 11:54:40 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> At the moment, bad_kuap_fault() reports a fault only if a bad access
> to userspace occurred while access to userspace was not granted.
> 
> But if a fault occurs for a write outside the allowed userspace
> segment(s) that have been unlocked, bad_kuap_fault() fails to
> detect it and the kernel loops forever in do_page_fault().
> 
> Fix it by checking that the accessed address is within the allowed
> range.
> 
> Fixes: a68c31fc01ef ("powerpc/32s: Implement Kernel Userspace Access Protection")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v5.2+
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at c-s.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1e07c7de4ffdd9cda35d1ffe8258af75579d3e91.1579715466.git.christophe.leroy@c-s.fr

Patches 2-7 applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/6ec20aa2e510b6297906c45f009aa08b2d97269a

cheers


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